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Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) presents a newly-designed program web site with a new address and a newly-minted blog. The new IISG web site is designed to make information about the program's many coastal and water-related initiatives more accessible. More...
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Wisconsin's Freshwater Estuary Initiative is an effort to increase awareness and promote stewardship of Wisconsin's Great Lakes freshwater estuaries. The initiative involves the University of Wisconsin-Extension, Wisconsin Coastal Management Program, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and a diverse network of partners. More...
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If Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn's request for a "stay of execution" regarding the possibility of losing a massive amount of federal funds goes by the boards, Illinois can very well kiss about $16 million farewell. The money was supposed to come to state coffers for fish and wildlife projects. More...
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The "Go To 2040" plan - a comprehensive campaign for land use, transportation and infrastructure needs - being prepared by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning includes many environmental features. Two primary areas of focus of the plan are reducing greenhouse gases and preserving open space. More...
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Will Allen knows a garden not only gives inner-city kids something to do, but it can also feed them nutritious food and invigorate the community. This vision of symbiosis between an urban setting and locally grown food is what prompted Allen to purchase the last three farm acres in Milwaukee 16 years ago. More...
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Decades of dumping in the Ottawa River by Toledo's manufacturing industry will be remedied by a $43 million cleanup of contaminated sediment, Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner announced yesterday. An agreement promises federal money to cover 50 percent of the cleanup cost through the Great Lakes Legacy Act. More...
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Beach Park and Waukegan have come to terms on a long-term contract for Lake Michigan water. Beach Park village trustees touted the deal as a real positive for their village. The length, 15 years, locked in a better rate, according to Trustee Mark Ottersen. More...
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The Indiana Department of Environmental Management will meet soon with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to discuss recent changes in enforcement at IDEM. More...
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Michigan's most energy-efficient building will open soon in Bay City. The 25,000-square-foot office will house the state Department of Environmental Quality's Saginaw Bay District headquarters. More...
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All those big empty factories dotting Michigan could be abuzz with energy products and power-generating technology if a new Michigan State University analysis attracts fans More...
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Within two hours, contaminants from Port Stanley harbour can reach the intake for a system that supplies drinking water to 100,000 people as far away as London, Ontario. That finding has brought calls to scuttle port divestiture talks and start a full-scale cleanup. More...
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K7 Waterfront is a website dedicated to promoting and "watchdogging" the waterfront in the Kingston, Ontario area specifically, and Eastern Lake Ontario more generally. More...
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Choppy waters have surfaced on the City of Lockport's journey to Flight of Five canal locks restoration. The citizen committee is being advised it can't have the full restoration it's seeking. Canal Corp. is pushing the committee toward a plan that doesn't disrupt the way it does business. More...
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Local officials expect to pursue federal aid for sewer projects, should a $5 billion provision be included in a federal stimulus package. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and others are asking for $5 billion to be placed in a grant program to help municipalities separate combined sewers. More...
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Efforts to bring the oxygen-starved lower Cuyahoga River back to life may yet prove that history, ecology, economy, and ingenuity can co-exist. Proper stewardship of the 100-mile river requires ending the break in the water's flow caused by the Brecksville dam. More...
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Unless asked, the U.S. Coast Guard has no plans to break the ice accumulating at the mouth of the Grand River. The federal agency has done so in the past, using the Great Lakes ice breaker Neah Bay to crush a path through the ice. More...
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700 water-filled tanks may tell us just how risky pesticides are to the environment and human health. The tanks are filled with tadpoles that are being used to show how lethal many of the most commonly used pesticides are, even below allowable levels. More...
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Choppy waters have surfaced on the City of Lockport's journey to Flight of Five canal locks restoration. The citizen committee is being advised it can't have the full restoration its seeking. Canal Corp., which controls the locks, is pushing the committee toward a plan that doesn't disrupt the way it does business. More...
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Local officials expect to pursue federal aid for sewer projects, should a $5 billion provision be included in a federal stimulus package. U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and seven others are asking for $5 billion to be placed in a grant program in the package to help municipalities separate combined sewers. More...
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Efforts to bring the oxygen-starved lower Cuyahoga River back to life may yet prove that history, ecology, economy, and ingenuity can co-exist. Proper stewardship of the 100-mile river requires ending the break in the water's flow caused by the Brecksville dam, just below the Ohio 82 bridge. More...
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Unless asked, the U.S. Coast Guard has no plans to break the ice accumulating at the mouth of the Grand River. The federal agency has done so in the past, using the Great Lakes ice breaker Neah Bay to crush a path through the Grand River's ice up as far upstream as the ship turning basin in Grand River Village. More...
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700 water-filled tanks may tell us just how risky pesticides are to the environment and human health. The tanks are filled with tadpoles, and University of Pittsburgh ecologist Rick Relyea has used them to show how lethal many of the most commonly used pesticides are, even in concentrations below allowable levels. More...
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Innovation Fuels, the New York-based renewable fuel company, on Jan. 12 announced it has closed on the purchase of a 310,000-barrel capacity terminal located in the Port of Milwaukee. This facility will be used for the sale and distribution of biodiesel and other renewable fuels into and out of the Midwest. More...
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Walking on a Lake Erie beach in winter can make the same place in June seem a world away. The splashes are long gone. The frozen sand doesn't give under your feet. Even the waves stand stuck in one position. Those waves, or "ice dunes," are a feature seen on almost every shoreline in the Great Lakes. More...
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The Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge will spend $2 million to improve a 7.5-mile auto tour that whisks visitors through the heart of the nearly 9,500-acre federally protected nature preserve, officials said. The improved road with observation decks will showcase wildlife. More...